Cafe Animals

Every year, thousands of snakes gather at the Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba, Canada. It's billed as the largest gathering of snakes anywhere in the world. Manitoba's climate and geology make it the perfect place for red-sided garter snakes to live and mate. It has become a tourist attraction, but it's not for the faint of heart.

The Perfectionists at Wimbledon presents Rufus, the Wimbledon Hawk. Rufus has been keeping pigeons at bay since 2000. Rufus is the perfect athlete and prides himself on his work - he's up at 5am everyday to patrol the grounds.

National Geographic was able to film A record-breaking school of mobula rays arriving off the coast of Baja but what they did was totally unexpected. This was a stunning show by these sleek, mysterious ocean dwellers. I wonder what they're actually doing...it almost seems like they're celebrating.

Michael Fishbach, co-founder of The Great Whale Conservancy (GWC), narrates his encounter with a young humpback whale entangled in local fishing nets.

While serving in Afghanistan, U.S. military combat dog Layka was shot four times by the enemy at point-blank range. Despite her injuries, she still attacked and subdued the shooter, saving her handler and the other members of the team. Seven hours of surgery and the amputation of one leg saved her life. Her handler, Staff Sgt. Julian McDonald, fought hard to adopt her and she's now become a part of his family.

Intelligent Green Heron knows how to use bait.

Kanzi the bonobo lives in America and has learnt how to build a fire, light it using matches and toast marshmallows on it. It shows just how like us some primates really are.

Honey badgers escape from their enclosure using anything from mud balls to rakes.

I can't help but feel there's actually a tiny Japanese woman trapped inside that myna bird.

It took mountain climber Aron Ralston 127 hours to amputate his own limb. But it only takes a few seconds for this crab to pull off its own claw after an unsuccessful attack from a group of birds.

Having a dog for a pet is a great way to find love, loyalty, friendship and fun; but canines are now using their keen senses for something remarkable. New studies have shown that through intense observation and an astute sense of smell (which is is about 100,000 times more powerful than that of a human), our canine friends are able to alert us when cancerous cells are present. In many instances dogs have pointed their noses on the precise locations of unidentified tumors. Read the Article

French Bulldog Puppy Argues Bedtime

Jumpy, a Border Collie and Blue Heeler mix, has been training with his owner Omar von Muller ever since he was a puppy. In this video, he's demonstrating the famous "Skidboot" routine.

Do dogs react to magic? Watch as magician & mentalist Jose Ahonen vanished some dog treats under their noses. By the way, all the dogs got treats before and after the trick.

The fastest man alive, Usain Bolt, runs a virtual race against nature's fastest land animal.

Everyone hates mosquitos. Besides the annoying buzzing and biting, mosquito-borne diseases like malaria kill over a million people each year (plus horses, dogs and cats). And over the past 100 million years, they've gotten good at their job -- sucking up to three times their weight in blood, totally undetected. So shouldn't we just get rid of them? Rose Eveleth shares why scientists aren't sure.

This dog is not allowed on the bed. So it's owner installed a camera to check what happens when the dog stays home alone.

Footage from "Secret Life of Dogs" narrated by Martin Clunes. An Alsatian drinking water filmed with Phantom camera at 1000fps.

Cooper and Daisy go through the drive up window at Mcdonalds

Captain Dave Anderson of Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari in Dana Point, California, at great personal risk, has recently filmed and edited a 5-minute video that contains some of the most beautiful, jaw-dropping, footage ever taken with a drone from the air of a huge mega-pod of thousands of common dolphins stampeding off Dana Point, California, three gray whales migrating together down the coast off San Clemente, California, and heartwarming close-ups hovering over a newborn Humpback whale calf snuggling and playing with its mom as an escort whale stands guard nearby, filmed recently in Maui.

Not sure if there is Kung Fu Panda, but here is Kung Fu Bear!